shopping

How consumers find what they want to buy and buy it in a world that is no longer defined by a physical place but what a consumer wants to buy and how she wants to buy it. Connected devices and the integration of payments into this now digital-led shopping journey is creating new ways for merchants and consumers to interact and disrupting traditional retail business models.

Voice-Assisted Retail Amps Up As Holidays Loom
Voice-Assisted Retail Amps Up As Holidays Loom
August 29, 2019  |  Retail

As the all-important 2019 holiday shopping season looms for merchants, the area of voice is becoming hotter and more sophisticated, foreshadowing a trend that will...

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How Secondhand Marketplace thredUP Is Using AI To Personalize Shopping
How Secondhand Marketplace thredUP Is Using AI To Personalize Shopping
August 27, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Today’s shoppers can find eCommerce niches for just about anything for which they are hunting, whether they are searching for the lowest price tags or...

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AI-Powered Visual Shopping Experiences For Millennials, Gen Z
AI-Powered Visual Shopping Experiences For Millennials, Gen Z
August 26, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Sixty percent of millennials like using visual searches when shopping online marketplaces. Meeting that "look, buy, have" way of shopping means using AI to optimize...

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Hudson Yards To Open 100+ Retail Shops
Hudson Yards To Open 100+ Retail Shops
August 25, 2019  |  Retail

Hudson Yards is a New York City neighborhood that’s quickly establishing itself as a must-visit destination as Manhattan’s retail influence heads west, bringing with it...

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TikTok Video Platform Launches In-App Shopping Feature
TikTok Video Platform Launches In-App Shopping Feature
August 20, 2019  |  Mobile Commerce

Video platform TikTok has launched an in-app feature that allows users to shop for products related to a sponsored Hashtag Challenge. The feature, called Hashtag...

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Trade Wars Could Cost Each US Consumer $900 This Holiday Season
Trade Wars Could Cost Each US Consumer $900 This Holiday Season
August 12, 2019  |  Commerce

All wars have casualties. And the casualties linger after the clashes stop. This will likely be the case as the U.S./China trade war continues, and...

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This Week In Amazon Vs. Walmart: The Battle For Consumers
This Week In Amazon Vs. Walmart: The Battle For Consumers
August 09, 2019  |  News

Though Amazon and Walmart are in a constant race for the consumer’s whole paycheck, they mostly stay within their own lanes.  Though both move and...

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Shopping App Wish Gets $300M At $11.2B Valuation
Shopping App Wish Gets $300M At $11.2B Valuation
August 01, 2019  |  Investments

The popular mobile shopping app Wish has raised about $300 million in a Series H round, according to reports. The round, which was led by...

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Google Shopping Now Live In The US
Google Shopping Now Live In The US
July 22, 2019  |  eCommerce

After testing around the world since 2018, the new Google Shopping homepage is live in the U.S.  The new shopping experience launched by Alphabet’s Google...

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